I know that I say this a lot but I truly cannot believe that a full week has passed since I last wrote my blog – if the weeks keep going as quick as this one it will be the summer holidays before we know it. Unfortunately, the warm weather that greeted our return appears to have disappeared and although the sun has been out there has been a definite chill in the air. I am certainly following the old verse of ‘Never cast a clout till May is out’ and keeping all my winter clothes close at hand until at least June.

All the additional clubs started again this week and I can tell that the children are really happy about this. However, we have had a lot of children coming down to the office to ring home because they are not sure if it is on, they have forgotten their kit or they are not sure if they are supposed to attend. Going forward, can you please ensure that all your children are aware of what clubs they are attending and that they have the correct kit that they need to attend the club before they leave for school in the morning. The office staff already have a heavy workload without the additional burden of having to make extra phone calls about clubs.

Next week I have to attend a course so I will be out of school on Thursday and Friday and in my absence Mr Gradwell will be in charge. I am disappointed that I will be out on Friday because Year 3 will be presenting their class assembly. I am really pleased that we can hold these events again because I really feel that they enrich school life. If you have not done so can you please check the newsletter to ensure that you know the new dates of the re-arranged class and sharing assemblies.

We have a long weekend ahead of us to look forward to so we will not all be together again until Tuesday. I hope you all enjoy your extra day off. There will be no head’s blog next week as I am not in school.

 Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a great Easter break. It has been nice to return to some sunshine although if my weather App is to be believed it is going to be a little cooler next week (as it was today). Still, it would not be England if the weather remained the same all of the time.

The children were all looking very smart this morning as they were all ready for their class photograph. It was a very exciting time in the hall as they all posed for their photographs. We will see the results in a couple of weeks and I hope you are all pleased with them.

As usual the children have all settled back into school well and are enjoying being able to play on the field again –having that bit extra space appears to get them very excited as does having their packed lunch on the field. However, as I stated above you can never really rely on the English weather so can you make sure that they do have appropriate clothes in school so they can go outside for their breaks no matter what the weather is like – this includes having a cap in school and wearing sun block in sunny weather and bringing in some sort of jacket in case the weather turns colder.

Next week will get even more exciting for the children as all the after school clubs are starting up again. As it is the summer term there is a change to some of the clubs so if you do not know what they are please check the website and ensure that if you have not already done so you have signed your child up on Gateway as some of the clubs have limited spaces.

I hope you all have a good weekend – it looks like the weather is going to remain warm so we should be able to enjoy the outdoors. I look forward to seeing you all again next week.

 The big event in school this week has been the Year 3, 4 and 5 performances of ‘Robin Hood and the Sherwood Hoodies’. I am sure that all of you who watched it would agree that it was a fabulous show and that all the children put on an amazing spectacle for all to watch. It has been lovely to put something like this on again and have an audience in school to watch it. Events like this make the school a more exciting place for the children and hopefully we will now be able to return to our full programme of the extended curriculum now more Covid restrictions are being lifted. I would also like to thank all my staff in Years 3, 4 and 5 who have worked extremely hard on putting together such a great show and to the PTA who helped us serve refreshments in the interval.

When we put performances on in school we never charge for tickets for people to watch the show but we always have a collection for a charity. This time it was for the Disaster Emergency Committee which is supporting the people in Ukraine and I am pleased to let you know that we raised an impressive £592.60. I would like to thank all those people who kindly donated towards this very worthy cause –especially when the cost of living in our own country has gone up dramatically in recent times.

There has certainly been a contrast in weather this week compared with last week and it has been feeling more ‘fresh’ this week which is a great shame since the Easter holiday is upon us –at least the sun is shining though. Even though the term feels like it has flown by an awful lot has happened since we returned after the Christmas holidays so I am sure we will all enjoy our break. I hope you all have a great holiday and I look forward to seeing you all on your return on Wednesday, 20^th September.